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Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard
EMPLOYMENT laws must be rewritten to stop bosses forcing workers to risk their lives by venturing out in the snow and ice, Richard Leonard has said.
The Scottish Labour leader was speaking exclusively to the Star after the Met Office issued an unprecedented red alert for Scotland’s central belt this week.
The Better Than Zero group, which organises workers on precarious conditions in Scotland and campaigns against their exploitation, said it had been inundated with calls from people under pressure to brave the hazardous conditions.
NICK TROY lauds the young staff at a hotel chain and cinema giant who are ready to take on the bosses for their rights
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
